Genesis 11:5-9
Inside the city was a huge tower. The people thought they were such good builders, they could make that tower as high as the sky.
When God saw what the people were trying to do, He knew he must stop them. Otherwise they would soon think of themsleves as gods instead of people. They would be too proud, which is not healthy. So He mixed up their language.
The people no longer spoke one language, but many. If one man said "Hello," the other man did not know what he had said. It was hard to get anything done, let alone finish a great tower!
The city they never finished building was called Babel. This meant "Confused," because the Lord confused the language of the whole world.
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